Featured Old Laquer Pencil? Case With Ship Scene

Picked this up this past weekend. Measures 8 3/4" long, stands 1 1/8" tall and is 2 1/2" wide. Has original owners name. Seller says it was her husbands aunt...the lady herself was older. Is it a pencil case or maybe a little jewelry box? Has a lock but no key. She also said the scene era is when the original owner had this when new.

Kath

 

That's nice.....wait'll King sees it !!!

 

YES!!! All over it!!!

 

No clue for certain but since it locks perhaps shipboard writing kit or tattoo tools, scrimshaw tools...
Whatever you decide to do with it I'm interested.

 

I've seen a similar one of these which was advertised as being for pencils.

The lock looks like you could find a key for it pretty easily if you wanted to.

 

Ask Bev.

 

Dimensions and décor would fit in with a naval officer's or merchant master's "navigation kit." Would hold dividers, a drawing compass, spare leads, etc. I still have mine-similar dimensions- although it is a leather/wood/velvet-lined manufactured item by K&E. The instruments are gone from yours but the item could have been sold without them, probably available in Japanese and maybe other Asian ports-of-call.

Modern manuf'd ones are kinda of like this one pulled off the web:

 

Thanks Springfield!

 

Nice image on it --and good for Memorial Day. Today is that U.S. holiday, for those who don't know.

 

Not are that they are actually green for the water appears green to me too so perhaps they were blue and now not or it's the photos.

 

Oh my. I hope all that are of the USA do know and that this day honors those who gave all in service.
RIP in peace all.

 

This sounds right and I am humbled to you for offering this option for I have at least 2 sets of such and didn't think of it.

 

You will be happy to know that many in the US do realize the meaning of this Memorial Day and commemorate it appropriately.

 

Glad to hear it Fig! I will see some of them shortly and I hope you are more than correct!
It sometimes (often) irks me that people are given off work, with pay, to observe same and don't while some veterans, many maybe, don't have the appropriate days off.